Which to use
“vote” is a noun and “voûté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,128
- “vote” frequency rank
- #45,952
- “voûté” frequency rank
- 47080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vote | voûté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Opinion exprimée, suffrage donné dans un corps politique, dans une assemblée délibérante, dans un collège électoral, dans une compagnie. | Qui présente une voûte, qui est recourbé. |
Where the eye mixes vote and voûté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vote runs 4 letters (CVCV) against voûté's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between vote and voûté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vote is \vɔt\ while voûté is \vu.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vote is recorded at frequency rank #1,128, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔt\. voûté is at rank #45,952, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 47080, this pair ranks #189,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vote vs voûté
Shared letters: otv. Private to "vote": e. Private to "voûté": éû.
"vote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "voûté" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vote ← ovte · voet · votte · vtoe · vvote
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vote" and "voûté" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "vote" or "voûté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vote" and "voûté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voûté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vote" and "voûté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voûté vs voûtée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #189,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.